2026 Providence mayoral race

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Where they stand

Expand an issue for what they've actually said, cited

Issue	Smiley	Talan	Morales
	Supports easing rules	Unknown	Opposes easing rules
	Supports stricter penalties	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes more drilling	Unknown	Unknown
School choice	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parents' rights in education	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Fentanyl & drug enforcement	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes restrictions	Unknown	Unknown
	Supports LGBT causes	Unknown	Unknown
Medical gender transition for minors	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Women's sports	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Election integrity: voter ID	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Election integrity: mail ballots	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Unknown	Opposes tax cuts
Health care (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Regulation & permitting (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Marijuana legalization (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes withholding funds	Unknown	Opposes withholding funds
	Opposes strict enforcement	Unknown	Opposes strict enforcement
	Opposes new gun limits	Unknown	Unknown
DEI programs (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Federal spending & debt (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Social Security & Medicare (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Student loan forgiveness (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
EV mandates (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Free speech & tech censorship (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional term limits (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional stock trading (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Israel (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ukraine aid (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
China & trade (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

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